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No. 425,248. Patented Apr; 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT HENRY S. PECK, OF NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT J. MOORHEAD, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDED ADJUSTABLE CHAQIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,248, dated April 8,1890.

' Application filed August 9, 1889. Serial No. e2o,214. on model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. PECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at North East, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SuspendedAdjustable Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to suspended adj ust able chairs; and it consistsin certain improvements in the construction of the same, as Will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is an elevation view, of partof the back, taken from the rear of the chair.

The chair is composed of the bottom A, back B, and foot-rest C, whichparts are hinged or joined together at a and a The back and bottom havearms or side pieces I) and a, and the whole chair is made up of roundwork, excepting the fiat pieces which form the back, seat, and foot-restproper. The construction of these parts is similar to that shown inLetters Patentgranted to me December 1, 1885, and numbered 331,434, andtherefore need not be further explained, except in so far as it differsin construction from that shown in said patent.

The chair seat or bottom is suspended by two ropes D D on each side,which pass from a ring F down through the armpieces a a and through theside pieces a aneareach end thereof. The back is sustained by ropes E E,which pass from the rings Fthrough the side pieces I) of the back at e.The ropesE are,in fact, one rope, or, rather, they may be, as shown, onerope, which passes from a ring F on one side, through the holes 6-,across the back, and up to the other ring. The adjustment of the back 13to any angle is effected by taking up or letting out the loop of ropeEback of the back of the chair at II. At the point II a rope clamp may beused, or any convenient method of fastening.

The rope-clamp I show is to be the subject of another application for apatent, being Serial No. 320,213, filed August 9, 1889,and need not beexplained here, particularly so as any convenient fastening can be used.

The foot-rest C is pivoted to the bottom B on the rung a inside the sidepieces a, and its outer end is sustained by hooks c, which engage withstaples c on the arm-pieces d. hen the foot-rest is not wanted in anextended position, it folds back under the seat, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1, and is sestaples 0 When the-chair is made for use as achilds chair, I thread on the forward cords D the bar G, which serves tohold the child in place in the chair. W'hen not Wanted in front of thechild, the bar G can be slid up the cords to the rings F out of the Way.

In Letters Patent-No. 285,665, of September 25,1883, and No. 296,775, ofApril 15, 1884, to myself, and No. 305,003, of September 9, 1884, toHowell, and No. 402,110, of April 23, 1889, to Schutt, there are shownconstructions having many of the general featuresIhereshow; but I do notnew claim any of the features there shown, my present inventionconsisting in peculiarities of construction not found in theconstructions cited above.

What I claim as new is- In a suspended adjustable chair, the combinationof a seat, means for suspending said seat, a back pivoted at its lowerend to said seat. cords for supporting the upper end of said back, whichextend from the suspending means above the seat through openings at thesides of the back near its top, and a cord-fastening appliance at therear of said back, by which said cords can be taken. up or let out, asdesired, and thereby regulate the angle of inclination of said back.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. PECK.

Witnesses:

Jno. R. I-IALLocK,

WM. P. HAYES.

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